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RUTH STEVENS IS MARRIED TO DAVID WILLIAM OLSON

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March 28, 1982, Page 001069 The New York Times Archives

Ruth Stevens, a vice president of Burson-Marsteller, a New York public relations agency, and David William Olson, director of marketing in New York for Newsmaking International Inc., a public relations company based in Los Angeles, were married yesterday at the English Speaking Union. The ceremony was performed by Michael Grupp, leader of the Ethical Culture Society.

The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanford S. Stevens of Pawtucket, R. I. She is a an alumna of the Wheeler School in Providence, R. I., attended Brown University and is a magna cum laude graduate of Brandeis University. Her father is owner and president of the S. S. Stevens Drapery Company in Providence, R.I. Her mother, Muriel Port Stevens, a former concert pianist, is manager of the Rhode IslandPhilharmonic Orchestra.

Mr. Olson, son of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Olson of Basking Ridge, N.J., is a graduate of Washington & Lee University. His father is a senior financial analyst with the American Standard Corporation in Piscataway, N.J. His mother formerly taught at the Greenwich (Conn.) Academy.

The bride's previous marriage ended in divorce, as did the bridegroom's.

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